Lücid Lovers, the Cleveland-based duo of The High Priestess and The Hierophant, returned on July 25, 2025, with their bold new cover single “Obsession,” recorded at Audio Alchemy Studios. The pair has long positioned themselves as artists who straddle the earthly and astral planes, as they channel vibrations tuned to passion and love. With this release, they dig into the iconic Holly Knight and Michael Des Barres track, originally performed by Animotion, but instead of leaning on nostalgia, they reinvent it with hardware synths, electric guitars, and raw vocals, building something that feels at once reverent and fresh.
The song bursts open with pumping synths and bold guitar textures, and a pumping retro synths come swelling rhythmically in a catchy, vivid, sharp, and bold rhythm. The High Priestess’s voice enters bright and eccentric and lift the lyrics with a free-spirited wildness. When she declares her fixation, you can hear the danger and desire in her tone, the thrill of being consumed, and the vulnerability of surrender. Her playful yet insistent phrasing asks the eternal question, “Who do you want me to be?” It’s less a plea and more a challenge, as it pushes the tension of wanting someone so much you’re willing to bend, even if it unravels you.
Then, the Hierophant arrives, his low, sultry timbre cutting through like a shadow to her light. He sings intimately, sultrily, and almost creepily, whispering as he frames the relationship in hunter-prey terms, singing of collecting and capturing her like a “wild butterfly.” It shows us that obsession can intoxicate, but it can also trap, a butterfly pinned under glass. Together, their interplay becomes the ecstatic clash of longing and control, passion and peril.
By stripping away digital gloss and layering raw human intensity, Lücid Lovers make “Obsession” a reawakening, bridging generations to obsess over the single in a whole new light.
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Review by: Naomi Joan